Combined mop and wringer



Aug. 21, 1928. 1,681,622

' M. C. NEWTON ET AL COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER Filed Jan. 5, 1927 device as illustrated in the accompanying Patented Aug. 21', 1928.

UNITED STATES I 1,681,622 PATENT OFFICE.

MILO c. NEWTON A D iosnrn A. GREMLIN'G, or DELPHOS, onIo, Ass'IcNo'Rs TO THE E. a; N. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or DELPHOS, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

COMBINED Nor AND WRINGER.

This invention relates to improvements in combined mops and wringers such asare used for scrubbing, wiping and cleansing floors or other surfaces in which a wringing device is employed in connection with the which the mop cloth supporting and pres sure applying member is so formed and so connected to the handle and cloth as to engage the mop substantially throughout the portion thereof in engagement with the floor and hold the same flat against the floor and against lateral movement with respectto the pressure applying member.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pressure applying and mop cloth supporting member-which is so formed as to permit the cloth to be twisted throughout its length without interference with portions of the supporting member so that the forward end of the cloth can be wrung dry.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention may be said to comprise the drawings hereinafter described and particu twisted; and

larly set forth in the appended claims, together with such variations and modifications thereof as will be apparent to one skilled in the art to which the appertains. p

R ference should be had to the accomof this panying drawings forming a part Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the mop showing. the same in mopping position;

' Fig. 2 is" a side elevationshowing the mop in wringing position. and the mop cloth Fig. 3 is a section on the line indicated at 33 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction-indicated by the arrows.

Referring to the accompanyin drawings, the mop handle is indicated by the numeral 1 and has attached to its forward end a suitable ferrule 2 formed ofsheet metal and provided with parallel downwardly extending ears 3 at the end of the handle. A relatively short link 4 is pivotally connected at its upper end between the ears spy means of 7 a pivot 5 and at its lower end is plvotally connected to an elongated pressure applying invention member 6 which is in the form. of aflat sheet metal plate with parallel flanges 7 struck up from the body thereof adjacent the rear end to receive the link 4 between them, the link being connected to the flanges 7 by means of a pivot pin8. The longitudinal side edges of the plate 6- are rolled back upon themselves toprovide hollow edge heads 9 extending the full length of the plate. A mop cloth holder formed of wire is rigidly secured to the forward end of the plate 6 and this holder comprises asubstantially straight cross-bar '10, arched side portions '11 bent rearwardly and inwardly from the ends of the cross-bar and attaching end portions 12 extending substantially at right angles to the bar '10 and adapted to fit within the hollow heads 9 of the plate. Suitable means is provided for limiting the movement of the end portions 12 of the holder into .the heads 9 such as indentations 13 in the bead with which the ends of the portions 12 engage.

On the handle 1 adjacent the rear end of the ferrule 2 there is mounted a holder for the rear end portionof the mop cloth and 1 this holder which is formed of a single piece of wire consists of a mop cloth receiving loop 14 formed by bending one end portion of the wire from which-there extends a bearing portion 15 which extends through a central opening in the handle 1 in which there is mounted a bearing sleeve 16, the wire being bent above the handle at right angles to the bearing portion 15' to form a handle 17 by which the loop 14 may be turned to twist. a mop cloth 18 supported on the loop 14 andcross-bar 10. The mop holding member at the forward end of the pressure applying "plate 6 may be detached from the plate and inserted through the loop of the mop cloth then into the beads 9 of the plate to secure the cloth on the crossbar 10, and the end of the wire forming the loop 14 of the holder 1 rolled over to provide a bead ll 2 which engages with the under-side of the ferrule 2 to limit the downward and rearward movement of the forward end of the plate 6 and to rigidly hold the plate in wringing position'as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the

I link 4 is adapted to swingforwardly about the loop 14 the recesses against the pivot 8 to bring the forward end of the handle 1 into direct bearing engagement with the plate at substantially the center thereof so that when pressure is applied to the handle the plate is applied to the mop cloth resting on the floor with substantially ends of the plate so that the cloth is securely can be twisted to wring substantially supporting loo forward end 0 the cloth, and to permit thls held against lateral movement beneath'the plate. When the mop is lifted from the floor, the platefi automatically swings tothe i and the mop cloth' to wring out the water by position shown in Fig. 2,

simply turning the handle 17. This twisting of the ,mop cloth causes the same to assume a substantiallycylindrical form and ihorder the cloth dry from end to end it is that the cloth be free to twist to cylindrical form from the rear "to' the bar supporting the necessa twisting of the cloth the forward endof the plate is cut away to provide the recess 20 so that there is a clearance space between the cross-bar mit the cloth to be twisted tightly without being brought into binding engagement ,."downward and rearward movement of the with the plate. Having thus weclaimis:'

1. A wringer mop comprising a handle, means for supporting the-rear end of a mop cloth comprising a wringer-member rotatably mounted on th handle rearwardly of the described our invention,what

forward end of the handle, means for supporting the front end of the cloth and for pressing the same againstthe floor. in mop P gated tudinal edges bentto form hollow beads, a

substantially flat elon comprising a plate having its lon sheet metal cloth holding bar formed of wire and having a transverse cloth receiving portionand end ortions adapted to fit within the hollow beads of said plate,-and a pivotal connection between the forward end of the handle and said plate,,the rear edge of, the platebeing engageable with the handle to limit the f rward end of t helplate and rigidly hold be plate during the wringing operation, the

10 and the'plate suflicient to per,-

' m it the thereof forward edge of said plate being cut away between the beads to provide a recess of sufficient depth-at the rear of said bar to accommodate the cloth when twisted to cylindrical form so as to permit the cloth to 7 twist to the forward end thereof without binding against said plate. 2. A'Wrihger mop comprising a handle, means for supporting the rear end of a mop cloth comprising a wringer member rotatably mounted on the'handle rearwardly of the forward end. of the handle, means for supporting the front end of the cloth and for pressing the same against the floor in mopping, comprising a substantially flat elongated sheet metal plate having its lon 'tudinal edges bent toform"hollow bea s, a cloth holding bar formed of wire and having a transverse cloth receiving portion and end portions adapted to fit within the hollow beads of said plate, and a link pivoted at its upper end to the forward end of the handle and at its lower end to said plate between the center and rear end thereof, the rear edge of the plate'having a central beaded portion adapted to engagethe handle to limit the downward and rearward movement of the forward end pf the plate and rigidly hold the plate during the wringing operation, said rear edge haviii recesses 95 between the beaded portion and slde edges I of the plate to receive portions of the cloth and prevent the cloth from slipping laterally during the mopping operation. 3. wringer mop comprising a handle, and mop cloth supporting means comprising acwringer member for supporting the rear end of the cloth which is rotatably mounted. on the handle rearwardly' of the forward end thereof and [a substantially flat elongated pressure applying member pivotally connected -to the forward portion of the handle, the rear end of the pressure appilying member being engageable with e handle to limit the downward and rearward 1 movement thereof, said pressure applyin member having a cross bar rigidly secu thereto and extending across the forward end in advance of the body portion thereof to receive the forwardend of the cloth, said 11 body portion havinga centrally disposed recess at its forward end rearwardly of said cross bar of a depth and width sufiic'ient to' accommodate the mop .cloth when twisted to substantially cylindrical form, so as to per- '11 cloth to twist to the forward endwithout binding against said body rtion. 4. A wr' r mop comprising a handle,

a mop cloth, a rotatable wringer member 11 carried by the handle rearwardly of its forward end, a substantially flat elongated cloth holdin and pressure ap lying member overlying t e'mop'cloth an ivotally connected intermediate its ends to e forwardend of 1 the handle, said pressure applying member having a cross bar at its forward end over which the mop cloth is looped and being movable from a mopping position in whic it bears upon the. mop'eloth to a wringing position in which the mop cloth extends v at an anglethereto from the cross bar to the pressure applying member is in wringing position sufficient to accommodate the mop cloth w en twisted to substantially cylindrical form and to permit the cloth to twist freel between the wringer member and cross ar without binding against the Ilieody portion of the pressure applying mem- In testimony whereof, we hereunto afiix our signatures.

4 MILO O. NEWTON.

J OSEPHv A. GREMLIN G. 

